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Patented Jan. 26, 1932 ATENT OFFICE GEORGE C. CHASE, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO MONROE CALCULAT- ING MACHINE COMPANY, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE CALCULATING MAOHINE Application filed October 6, 1929.

This invention relates to calculating machines and particularly calculating machines for performing multiplication'and division. The principal object of the invention is to '5 provide means for carrying into operation certain principles of multiplication which are believed to be new in the art. These rmciples will be set forth at some length iercinafter.

Another object is to provide means suitable for effecting short cuts in multiplicatmn and division.

Another, object is to provide means for effecting computations with few cycles of 15 operation of the machine.

Another object is to provide means which is simple and rapid of manipulation, and highly efiicient for, the purpose for which it is designed.

Other objects will appear as the descnption proceeds. All of these objects are attained bymechanism, one form of which 1s illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary top plan View of a machine embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical setcional view taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 3 is a similar view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view on line 4-4 of Fit. 1.

. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken 35 substantially on line 5-5 0f Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken substantialh on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view similar to Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional view similar to Fig. 5 and showing parts in the normal-registering position.

Fig. 9 is a similar view showing parts in the 2X position.

Fig. 10 is a similar view showing parts in the 5X position.

Figs. 11. 13, and 17 are detail side elevations of key-operatedslides of the machine.

' Figs. 12, 14, 16 and 18 are top plan views 50 of the same, respectively.

Serial No. 398,205.

Fig. 19 is a perspective view of the 2X and 5X keys and connected parts.

Fig. 20'is an exploded view of the parts of the equalizer. i

Fig. 21 is an enlarged detail sectional View of the counter-operating gearing.

Fig. 22 is a view substantially on line 22 22 of Fig. 21.

Fig. 23 is a detail front elevation of the counter-actuating segments and associated gear.

Fig. 24 is a perspective view of the countor-actuating segments and associated gear.

Fig. 25 is a detail front elevation of a normal nine-stop mechanism substantially on line 25-25 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 26 is a similar view of a normal fourstop mechanism substantially on line 26-26 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 27 is a detail view of the 2X eight- 7 stop when the parts have moved to a position where 7 has been registered.

Fig. 28 is a similar view with the parts in the 8 position.

Fig. 29 is a similar view with the parts in position to begin a carry or tens-transfer.

Fig. 30 is'a similar view but showing the stop emerging from the crown wheel.

Like characters of reference refer to like .parts in all views.

This invention is shownas embodied in a Thomas type machine, altho it is to be considercd as merely illustrative, as the invention may be applied to other types of machines with similar effects. In this connection, it may be well to refer to several known Thomas types of machines, as certain of the well known parts of the present machine are not described in detail and reference may be had to such machines for details. Three of the best known patents on this type of machine are the British patent to Charles Xavier Thomas (dc Colmar) No. 13,504 of 1851 for calculating machine, the French patent to Thomas de Bojano No. 138,912 dated September 29, 1880, and British patent to Tate No. of 1864.

It is the purpose of the present means to modify the construction of such a machine in such manner that certain of the most used 100 multiplication tables may be accommodated and their products obtained at a single cycle of operation of the machine. Investigation has determined that the three digits most used'in multipliers are 1,-2 and Any type of Thomas machine of course, takes care of the 1 times? table as this invoves a mere matter of adding the multipli- Certain characteristics will be noted .in these products. (1) The sum of the digits of any product never exceeds nine. (2) The sum of the tens digit of any product and the units digit of any other product of the same table never exceeds nine. (3) There is only one possible significant digit in the tens place of each product of the 2-times table. (4) There is only one possible significant digit in the units place of each product of the 5-times table. (5) There are only four different significant digits in the units place of the products in the flZ-times table and these digits are equally spaced two digit values apart,i. e. they are all even digits. (6) There are only four different significant digits in the tens place of the products in the 5-times table, and these digits are equally spaced one digit value apart,i. e. they run from 1 to 4.

' ing the keys or other setting devices of one denomination control the first selector of its order and the second selector of next higher order, no interference between the partial products of the several orders will be encountered.

In like manner with the 5 times table, two selectors maybe provided for each denominational order except the highest and lowest one of 'which selectors may be controlled for four steps each step controlling a single unit movement of the associated register, and the other of which selectors may be capable only of being rendered effective and ineffective, and controlling when effective five units of movement of its associated register. By making the keys or other setting devices of one denomination control the second selector of its order and the first selector of next higher order no interference between the partial products of the several orders will be encountered.

The present machine therefore comprises three selecting means, all operable from the keyboard. Normally, the selector mechanism is operative to enter on the registers the amount set. up onthe keyboard at a single cycle of operation. By depressing a special key, the normal selecting means is rendered ineffective and a selecting means is called into operation whereby twice the amount set on the keyboard is registered at a single cycle of operation; and by depression of a second key a third selecting mechanism is called into action whereby five times the amount set on the keyboard is registered at a single cycle of operation.

Thespecifie mechanism devised for accom plishing these purposes will now hey do scribed.

General The machine comprises a keyboard mechanism, an accumulator mechanism, actuating mechanism for the accumulators, operating mechanism, and setting mechanism operable from the keyboard for setting the actuating mechanism to cause the registering of the number set up on the keyboard or two times the number set up on the keyboard or five times the number set up on the keyboard at :1

- single actuation of the main operator.

Framework (F igs. 2 and 5) The framework of the machine consists essentially of upright side frames and 31. a front frame 32 secured to the front of members 30 and 31, a rear frame 33 secured to the rear ends of members 30 and 31, and two intermediate frames 34 and 35 extend ing across the machinecasing is shown at 36 but the form of this is optional with the designer.

The keyboard (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6)

'39 the same being arranged in denominational rows running from front to back of the keyboard, each denominational row including a respective key for each of the effects the setting of-mechanism in the ma-.

chine for causing the accumulators to register five times the amount set on the digit keys 39, at a single operation of the general operator. There is also mounted on the keyboard a shiftlever 43 whereby mechanism of the machine may be shifted so as to effect positive and negative registrations at will.

An operating handle or general operator 44 is also mounted at the keyboard and operates mechanism to cause the registration by accumulators of amounts set on the digi -setting keys 39 or such amounts modified b the control of the keys 41 and 42.

Digit-setting keys (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) In the drawings only three denominational rows of digit-setting keys 39 are shown, but

it is to be understood that more may be employed-in the machine if desired. Referring to Fig. 7, it will be seen that each key 39-is provided with a key-stem 45 which is guided in the top and bottom frame plates 37 and 38 of the keyboard. Each stem 45 is provided with a collar 46 and a spring 47 whereby the key is maintained in its upper position with its lower end abutting against theunder side of the lower keyboard frame member 38. Each digit-setting key stem'45 is formedwith an inclined cam surface 48 terminating at its upper end in a notch 49. Mounted upon the upper surface of the lower keyboard member 38 are ears or brackets 50 to which are pivoted the lower ends of U-shaped locking bales 51. Each locking bale 51 is mounted at the right ofa respective row of key-stems 45 and serves as the locking means for the keys of such row. When a key is depressed the cam 48 on its stem rides against the left-hand edge of the cross portion of the locking bale, thereby rocking the locking bale clockwise against the tension of its spring 52 until the notch 49 in the key-stemis brought opposite the edge of the locking bale. The spring 52 then urges the locking bale into engagement with the notch 49 of the depressed key-stem; Should another key of the same denominational row then be depressed the bale 51 would be rocked until it released the formerly depressed key and would then engage with the notch 49 of the last depressed key.

' Universal correction key (Figs. 1, 2, 6 and '7) in a bracket 53 is a releasing bar 54 which extends cross-wise of the machine and is formed with a plurality of lugs or teeth 55, one tooth for each of the locking bales 51 and normally just to the left of a turned down lug 56 of the locking bale 51. A spring 57 tends constantly to shift the bar 54 towards the left-hand side of the machine, the movement of the bar 54 being limited by the ends of a slot 58 in the upper keyboard frame member through which slot -a finger of the slide 54 extends forming the universal correction key 40. In order to clear the keyboard (i. e. release all of the digit-setting keys 39) the operator presses the finger piece 40 to the'right, thereby moving the slide 54 also toward the right, whereby the lugs 55 are caused toengage the lugs 56 of the several looking yokes and rotate the yokes sufficiently to release any depressed digit keys.

Difierential actuating mechanism (Figs. 2, 3,

- 4,7,8,11,J2,15and16) The differential actuating mechanism of this machine cooperates with the two and five multiplying devices later to be described, but it will be simpler to consider it at first only in connection with its normal registering functions. 1

Mounted in suitable apertures in the front frame 32 and intermediate frame 34 are a plurality of slides. There are four of these slides for each denominational row of digitsetting keys 39 and arranged directly below the lower broadened ends 59 of the key-stems of the respective row. The four bars for any denominational row differ from each other, but the four bars of anyone denominational row are duplicated for each of the other rows. The four different bars are indicated by the reference numerals 60, 6'1. 62 and 63 respectively, and are shown in detail in Figs. 11 to 18, inclusive, of the drawings. Only bars and 62 haye any effective control during simple adding and subtracting operations, and only these bars will be considered in detail for the present.

The bar 60 is provided with eight cam-lugs 64, 65,66, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71 on its upper the 6 key will give the same amount of longitudinal movement to the bar 60. Likewise cams 65 and 69 are the same, and move bar 60 twice as far as cams 64 or 68. Also cams 66 and 70 are alike and will effect three times the amount of movement of bar 60 that cams 6-4 or 68 can effect. Cams 67 and 71, too, are alike and either will cause 60 to move four times as far when the respective key is depressed as cams 64 or 68 would. Thus the bar 60 of each denominational row may be moved mounted for rotation in bearings in the 'ste frames 32,33, 34 and 35.

The shafts 76 are preferably square in cross-sectionso that sleeves 7 5 may slide longitudinally thereon, but rotation of any sleeve will oausea corresponding rotation of the respective shaft 76.

Turning now for a moment to the bars 62 which are the only other bars doing effective work in simple addition and subtraction, it will be seen in Figs; 15 and 16 that each of these bars is formed with five cams 77, 8, 79, 80 and 81 adjacent to and operable respectively by the broadened portions 59 of-the 577, 6, 7, 87 and 9 keys. cams have exactly the same angle, so that depression of any one of the five correlated keys will effect a single step of movement of the bar 62, min other words, each bar 62 has only two positions of rest, a normal or ineffective position and an effective posit on. This bar 62 has also a portion 82 extending toward the right and terminating in a bifurcation the fingers of which enter a groove 84 in a sleeve 85 also slidably mounted on the actuator shaft 76 of the respective denominational order.

It will now be seen that depression of the 1, 2, 3 or 4 key of any row will re.- sult in the moving of the bar 60 and sleeve 75 for that row one, two, three or four steps without effecting any movement of bar .62

and sleeve 85; that depression of the 5 key of a row will result in moving bar 62 and\ sleeve 85 for that rowto effective positlon' without causing any movement of the bar 60 and sleeve 75; and that depression of the 6, 7, 8 or 9 key of a row will result in moving bar 62 and sleeve 85 for that row to effective position, and bar 60 and sleeve 75 for that row, one, two, three, or four ounted on sleeve 75 is a gear pinion-86 preferably formed with ten teeth, and mounted on sleeve 85 is a similar gear pinion 87. Normally, gear pinion 87 stands just forwardly of a five-tooth gear 88, and when it is moved by its bar 62 upon depression of one of the related keys 5 to 9 inclusive, it 1s brought into the same plane with gear 88 and may be actuated by rotation of the latter.

The pinion 86 normally stands just forwardly, of a four-tooth gear 89, the teeth of which are arranged in step-formation so that the pinion 86 will be moved rearward-1y just far enough to be engaged by one tooth of the gear 89 upon rotation of the latter. Similarly depression of the 2 or 7 key of the respective row will move sleeve 75 far enough to bring pinion 86 into operative relation with two teeth of gear 89; depression of the 3 or 8 key will effect movement of sleeve 75 to bring pinion 86 into operative relation with three teeth ofgear 89; and depression of the 4 or 9 key will effect sufficient movement of sleeve 75 to bring pinion 86 into operative relation with all four teeth of gear 89.

The gears 88 and 89 for each row of keys are secured to a sleeve 90 so as to be immovable either longitudinally or axially with relation to such sleeve, and while the sleeves are movable longitudinally of their squareshafts 91, for a purpose to be set forth later,

they may be considered for the purpose of simple addition and subtraction as fixed on their shafts. The gears 88 and 89 are so set on the sleeves 90 that the teeth of the gears 89 take effect on pinions 86 first upon rotation of shafts 91 and the fourth or broadest tooth of each gear 89 is immediately followed by the first tooth of the respective gee-r88. Thus if a 9 key has been depressed so as to bring pinion 86 into operative relation with all of the teeth of the respective gear 89, and the respectivepinion '87 into operativerelatlon with its gear 88, and the shaft 91 of these gears is given a rotation, the four teeth of gear 89 will effect a four-tooth movement of plnion 86 and thenthe five teeth of gear 88 Wlll turn inion 87 five teeth, wherebyactuator shaft 6 will be given a nine-tooth movement and will effect. a corresponding or nineunit actuation of the engaged register.

Furthermore, the gears 88 and 89 on each shaft 91 are set one tooth farther ahead than the gears of the shaft for the next higher denominational order. That is, the gears of lowest order take effect first and are followed by thegears of higher orders seriat-im at onetooth intervals. This is to lighten the'load outhe machine and to provide for proper carrying or tens-transfer as is well understood in the art.

a miter-gear 92 pinned or otherwise secured to it. The several miter-gears 92 mesh with respective miter-gears 93 carried, by' and pinned to across shaft 94having its hearings in extensions 95 of the frame members 30 and 31. Secured to the right-hand end of shaft thedriving gears being 1-t0-1 so that one rotation of the driving crank 44 effects one revolutionfof all of the shafts 91.

Mounted on the Vertical shaft 98 is a disk 99 having a notch 100. I A swinging arm 101 v is pivoted on a bracket 102 secured to the front face of the frame 32. The arm 101 carries a roller 103 which rides on the periphery of disk 98 and is pressed thereagainst by a spring 1041. When the roller 103 drops into the notch 100 it offers a slight resistance to rotation of handle 44 thereby indicating to the operator that the parts have come to normal or full-cycle position, as is well known in the art.

Secured to the shaft 91 of lowest order is a live-tooth ratchet wheel 105 with which cooperates a. pawl 106 pivoted to the rear frame.

This pawl 106 and ratchet device enforce a one-way-operation of the crank 14, as is also well known in the art.

The normal nine stop (F igs. 3, 8 and Means are provided for locking each actuator shaft 76 as its correlated gear 88 passes out of ellective position during operation of the machine and to maintain the shaft locked against rotation until the correlated shaft 91 has been rotated suliiciently to bring the first or narrowest tooth of its gear into effective position. This means consists of a Geneva stop device which will now be described. Mounted on each actuator shaft 76 for rotation therewith, is a scalloped wheel 107 having ten scallops; and mounted on each shaft 91 for rotationtherewith is a concentric lug 108 which enters one of the scallops o1 respective wheel 107 as the last tooth of its gear 88 completes its work, and remains in the seallop until the next cycle of operation brings the first tooth of its gear'89 to efiective position. Such mechanisms are old in Thomas type machines.

The normal four-stop (Figs. 52, 3, 5, 8 and 26) Means are provided for locking each of the actuator shafts 76 a ainst rotation during simple adding or su tracting operations as the fourth orbroadest tooth of its gear 89 passes out of its active zone with respect to pinion 80 in cases where a key of the value 1, 2, 3 or 4 has been depressed; and means are rovided to render this stop mechanism-inc ective when a 5 key or a key of higher digital value is depressed.

Secured to each sleeve 85 of the several aotuator shafts 7 6 is a scalloped disk or wheel 109; and mounted on, for rotation with, each sleeve 90 is a stop disk 110 having a concentrio stop portion, the disk 109 and stop 110 of each denomination normally lying in the same plane. The low portion of each stop disk 110 is of such diameter that the corre sponding scallop-disk may turn freely when this low portion is toward it. However, when shaft 91 is rotated it will bring the high portion of stop 110 into one of the scallops of the wheel or disk 109 and prevent further rotation thereof, and consequently rotation of the shaft 76 thereof is prevented until the stop 110 moves out of engagement. The stop 110 is so arranged on the sleeve 90 that it comes into operative engagement with the scallop-disk 109 during the ell'ective movement of the fourth or broadest tooth of the corresponding gear 89 and remains effective until the normal nine-stop mechanism above described becomes efi'ective. Thus if the sleeve 85 remains in normal position, the corresponding shaft 76 will be locked against possible overrotation by the gear 89.

But when a 5 key or a key of higher digital value is depressed, it will be remembered that the sleeve 85 is shifted to bring pinion 87 into the plane of gear 88, and this shifting of sleeve 85 moves the scallop-disk 109 thereo'f'out of the plane of its cooperative stop disk 110. Hence when a key of a digital value of 5 or more is depressed, the corresponding four-stop device is rendered ineffective.

T he registering mechanism (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) The side frames and 31 are extended rearwardly at 111 to form bearings for the hinge rod 112 of the carriage. Secured to the hinge rod 112 by ears or other suitable means is the carriage 113. Mounted in hearings in the carriage 113 are a plurality of accumulator or register shafts 114, one for each denomination of the desired capacity of the machine. Mounted on each shaft 114 is a register gear 115, a clearing cam 116, a tenscarry trip finger 117 and a register dial 118.

The dials 118 are formed with indicia on their faces, which indicia may be read thru dial openings in the top plate of the carriage as is well understood in the art. Any suit able well known means may be used to prevent displacement of the dials when the carriage is thrown hack for shifting from one denomination to another.

The functioning of the tens-carry fingers 117 will be explained somewhat more fully in a later section but such mechanisms are old and Well knownin Thomas type machines.

The clearing or zeroizing cams 116 coactwith means operable by a handle when the carriage is turned back to elfect clearing of all the dials in a manner old and well known in the arts The gears 115 are adapted to engage adding gears 119 or subtracting gears 120 mounted on sleeves 121 on the respective actuator shafts 76 and shiftable by well known means operable by shift lever 43c The gears 119 and 120 being engageable with opposite sides of the register gears and the actuator shafts 76 being always turned in the same direction, it is obvious that whengears 119 mesh the register gears 115 the latter will be turned in one direction, and when gears 120 mesh the register gears 115 the latter will be turned in the opposite direction by any rotary movement of the actuator shafts 7 6.

By throwing the carriage hack the gears 115 are freed from the actuator gears and the carriage may then be moved to a difierent decimal position. The carriage when turned down again must be in proper position to efi'ectengagement of gears 115 with the efiective gears 119 or 120; and this is enforced by means already well known in the art.

The carriage 113 also supports a number of shafts 122 of counter dials 123. llhe upper surfaces of the dials 123bear indicia readable through dial openings in thetop plate of the carriage, The counter'shaits carry gears 124. for engagement with a gear 12-53. There being only one gear 125, only one dial 123 is operated'at a time, the dial operated at any particular time being determined. by the decimal position of the carriage The means for operating gear 125 will be fullv set forth in a later section to he devoted. exclusively to counting The several shafts are also provided with. counter-clearing cams cooperative with a bar or able by a handle for effecting clearing or turning to zero all of the counter dials, in a manner well known in the arto Carrying or teas-transfer (Figs. 3 5, 8

and 25) Means are provided for effecting carrying of one (either ositive or negative) whenever a registering ial passes from 9 to 0 or from 0 to 91 This is elEect/ed by the op eration. of the carry fingers 117 above de scribed which fingers act upon mechanism well known, in the art whereby the normal stop108 oi? next higher order is moved slight ly rearward:

Each. normal stop 108 is connected. to an operating finger 126 serving the purpose of a single-tooth gear and which finger 126 normally stands forwardly of a gear 12'? on the associated. actuator shaft 765 The normal stop 168 of each. of the higher orders is made broader than that of the lowestv order shaft 91 and is cut away at the forward portion in line with the carry tooth 126. so that when it is nmvedv rearwardly bringing the carry tooth or linger 126 into operative relation with gear 127 the forward portion oi the stop 1% coming into cooperative relation with the scallop wheel or dish 107 permits a further movement of one toothto the assoeeasee ciated actuator shaft 76 for carrying after which stop 108 engages wheel 10? to pre vent further movement of shaft 76.. The

tooth 126 engages the gear 126 directly after the final or fifth tooth of gear 88 is elieotive The 221T and 5X setting mechanism (Fz'ga 1,4 5, e and is) The keys 41 and 42 above mentioned as arranged at the keyboard are provided. with stems guided in suitable slots in the keyboard frames 37 and 38. The inner ends of the stems of keys 11 and 42 are pivotally attached to respective arms of a three-armed.

rock-lever 128 pivoted. at 129 to a stud extend ing from the frame member 81. (The keys n and 12 may be referred to, respectively, as the 2K and 5X. keys as contractions of the expressions 2 times and 5 times). The lever 128 is T-shaped, and depression. of the 2X hey rocks the depending arm of this lever rearwardly whereas depression oi? the key roclrs the depending arm forwardly.

The lower arm of lever 128 is termed with an open slot 130 through which extends a pin 131 secured to an arm 132 fixed on a rock shaft 133. Mounted on. the shaft 133 are a pin rality of sleeve-shifting members 1341, one for the sleeve 90 on each intermediate shaft- 91 and each having its upper end bifurcated and the forks entered between the flanges of a collar 135 pinned or otherwise fixedly secured to the respective sleeve 80 Pivotally secured at its rear end to the arm 132 is a forwardly extending bar 136 provided on its lower edge with front and rear shoulders 13'? and 138, respectively adapted to drop in back and in front, of a square bar 139 fixed to and extending inwardly from the side frame 31: A spring 1 1i) tends constantly to rock the front end of bar 136 downwardly; When the hey is depressed the shoulder 13'? comes into engage ment with bar 139 thereby holding the shaft 133 in its roclred position, and when the key is depressed the shoulder 138 engagesbar 139 for a similar purpose.

Mounted on the drivin shaft 94.- is a cam 1/11 which is arranged in 0 1e plane of the bar 136 and at each operation lifts the front end 01" bar 136 so as to release this bar from the stop-bar 139 The bar 136 extends thru and is guided by the front wall 32 of the machine and. carries a finger-piece 14-2 which may be operated release bar 136 from stop 13%) in 

